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CobiaShoulder season

Gut · New York

Greenhaven Channel

40.95°N · 73.70°W · Gut · Long Island Sound West of New Haven CT/Port Jefferson NY

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Best score today · 12 AM · Cobia

76/100Great
Now
405 PM EDT
Best window
6 PM-12 AMFlood tide
Tide now
Flooding1.3 ft ▲

Data from: NOAA CO-OPS + NDBC + ECMWF + Open-Meteo Marine · Waterlands engine

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14-day forecast

Best days to fish

Best: Fri · 86

24-hour conditions · rolling from now

Conditions · 5 PM · now

Time5PNOW
Score40Fair
Tide1.3 ft ▲Flooding
CurrentSlack0.0 kn
Wind11 kn ENEgusts 27 · steady
Sea stateModerate2.0 ft · 4 s
Air temp64°Mild
WeatherOvercast100% cloud
Water71°FObserved

Current regulations

What you can keep here today

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No rule for Cobia is on file here yet, so its status is unknown, not closed. Confirm limits with NYSDEC before you keep a fish.

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Source: NYSDEC · synced today

Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed

When Cobia is best here

Shoulder season for Cobia · 1 more week at shoulder

Cobia season by week of the year. Shoulder season for Cobia · 1 more week at shoulder.
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Spot profile

Greenhaven Channel

Depth
1-9 ftFlat bottom
Structure
Channel · Inner · Semi-exposedChannel · flat bottom
Season
Shoulder seasonCobia

NOAA NCEI DEM, sampled Sep 13 on a 3.4 m grid. Depths are feet below NAVD 88, not chart datum (MLLW), so they can differ from a chart by a few feet. Not for navigation.

About this spot

Fishing Greenhaven Channel

Greenhaven Channel is a gut in Long Island Sound West of New Haven CT/Port Jefferson NY, New York. Depth is 1-9 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads channel, inner water and semi-exposed.

Waterlands scores 17 species here; the best right now are scup, spot and summer flounder. It is peak season now for scup, spot, summer flounder and red drum, and shoulder season for black sea bass, weakfish, Atlantic croaker and striped bass. Scup peak from June through October. Spot peak from August through October. Summer flounder peak from June through September.

Tackle & technique

Cobia
Cobia cruise inlets, beaches, buoys, wrecks and the backs of rays in 5 to 100 feet of water. On calm, sunny days sight-cast bucktails or live eels to fish near the surface. Otherwise anchor up-current of structure, chum, and fish live eels, crabs or menhaden near the bottom.
Scup
Scup school over hard and mixed bottom, rock piles, mussel beds, piers and jetties, usually in 10 to 60 feet of water. Fish a high-low rig with small hooks and squid or clam strips on the bottom, and chum with clam to hold a school under the boat. If nothing bites within 15 minutes, move to the next piece of structure.
Spot
Spot school over mud and sand in bays, tidal creeks and channels and around piers and bridges, generally in less than 25 feet of water. Fish a two-hook bottom rig with small hooks and bits of bloodworm or shrimp, and move until you find a school. In fall the biggest fish run out of the sounds past piers and inlets, and the bite can go all day.

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  • Rye Point

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Scores and forecasts are for planning only and can be wrong. Conditions on the water change fast; check the marine forecast before you go. Regulations change during the season, so confirm limits and closures with NYSDEC before you keep a fish.